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MeTV is opening up the dungeon door and unleashing- Svengoolie!

Svengoolie has been the premiere horror show icon of Chicago, since multiple Emmy award winner Rich Koz became the hand-picked successor to the original Svengoolie back in the late 70s. Since then, generations of viewers have become fans of the monstrous mirth and movies that this video vampire dispenses every week over the airwaves!

Only Svengoolie brings you the classic Universal horror films, many of which have not been seen on broadcast television in years!

And- it’s Sven’s unique scary sense of humor that makes each program a frightfully funny experience!

While based in the Chicago area, Svengoolie has fans all over the country- proven by the fact that they voted him “Best Horror Host of 2009” in the national Rondo horror awards! Acknowledged by even the most famous horror hosts as a peer- Svengoolie has become the king of horror hilarity- and now, he’ll be coming out of his coffin every week on MeTV!!!

Svengoolie- scaring up laughs as part of the memorable entertainment of MeTV!!!

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So Happy the site is lauched! I can at least get my Sven fix and stay in the loop even from Portland OR. Been a huge fan since the 70’s and not just a fan of Sven’s Trying to figure out where to start to get you on air here in Portland! good luck! Much <3

Mr. Koz provides a real service. In this day where real news is the real horror, he gives a short escape. I thank the “U” for their
intelligence of supporting him. Some of us have had overload of the standand network menu. May “Sven” get bitten…so he provides many years to come of good entertainment …we need you Rich! May those rubber chickens keep-a-fly’in!

I would also like to see you on the air in Portland, OR through Me-TV. Our original horror host was Trantuala Ghoul in ’58 (before my time) then Victor Ives of Sinister Cinema and Creature Features (no host) in the early to mid ’70s. Then nothing but Mystery Science Theater until recently.
With antenna TV, we now have Wolfman Mac’s Chiller Drive-in Theater, Off Beat Cinema, and Elvira’s Movie Macabre. Would be great to add Svengoolie.

Been a SVEN fan since Jerry G Bishop and right up through to the present. Rich is a great Host and an Icon in the Region. It’s shows and stations like this that give us all that comfy feeling of yesterday with Drive-In theaters watching Sci-fi and Monster flicks. THAT is a part of our Culture that needs to keep going. Svengoolie does it right, Kerwyn too, although Kerwyn doesn’t have the build of Elvira. :0) Who else in showbiz dodges Rubber Chickens at the end of each show? Congrats to SVEN and all he works with.

I’m glad at least I can stay in the “know” too…and also from Portland Oregon. I miss Sven. I have very fond memories of the Son of Svengoolie on Sat mornings back in Chicago. Hey Michelle…Maybe we should start a Rubber Chicken Recovery Network here in stumptown? I have already called Comcast and emailed them with my request to get MeTV. In the meantime, what are the chances of the Svengoolie shows being archived here for those of us who cant get MeTV?

Wow. Got my first taste of your show just tonight. After years/decades of drought, the great American hosted horror movie show seems to be undergoing a renaissance. Here in the San Francisco Bay area, our cable schedule includes not only Svengoolie on MeTV, but Wolfman Mac, Elvira, and the locally produced Creepy KOFY Movie Time. Somewhere the spirit of Bob “Creature Features” Wilkins is lighting up one of his trademark cigars and smiling . . .

Welcome back to the Bay Area, it’s been awhile! I’m with Robert on this one, after years without, now we’ve got 4, but by far Svengoolie is my choice! Not only a great classic lineup of films, instead of those tired public domain retreads, but a show that’s truly old school that me and my kids can watch together.

Love watching your show every Saturday night back in 80’s when I was living Kalamazoo MI. I have fond memories of watching your show still embedded in my mind. Even though I’m from Malaysia your show are best memories when I growing in the US. The internet is a blessing so I catch some of your shows and relive those moments when I was in America.

I know where Rich Koz gets the stooges t-shirts that he wear something for the show. Many of them where brought back from Las Vegas by a staff member and some found in a resale shop. He try to find information where stooge-A-palooza Fans can get stooge t-shirts in future show.

Thank you Svengoolie!! You have no idea how much I love the universal classic scfi horror movies @ monsters! not to mention the horror movie host….you!! loved the classics and Host since I was a kid in the 60s…my cousins and friends also. but the word is out now via me tv…again we are enjoying our 2nd chilhood…keep em coming

Svengoolie is one of the coolest host horror movies for many years and 32 years ago from son of svengoolie because svengoolie like Elvira. Elvira meet’s Svengoolie 4 years ago in 2007 and Sven say it was so nice to meet her at well because he show some photos of Elvira and Sven at the Mail call during The Birds in HD from last year 2010 episode on svengoolie. I love when Sven put filled Svensurround in the would movie and my favorite filled svensurround movie is Zontar The Thing From Venus.

I met Svengoolie at White Castel and Party City. First I met Svengoolie at White Castel at June 19 2010. Second I met Svengoolie at Party Castel at 10-9-10. I also wear my sven t-shirt It came from berwyn <>.

I’m a fan, originally from Des Plaines, IL, but now live in the Foothills of North Carolina. Hubby and I have been watching Wolfman Mac and the gang on RetroTV, but now that ME.TV is around, I get to see Rich and Svengooli again! I introduced Hubby to the scary antics of Svengooli with tonight’s episode – The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Although, the digital signal went out 3/4 of the way through – as per usual with Charlotte based channels. ugh!

I grew up on horror flicks. I love them all – from the B horror flicks all the way up to the truly scary high budget ones. Vampires are my favorite, but also love the campy ones.

Between Wolfman Mac, Elivra (she still as beautiful as ever!) and Sven, I’m in horror heaven!

When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area my region had Bob Wilkin’s “Creature Features.” What a huge void when he left. But now – be still my beating heart. You were discovered while channel surfing (I do have cable or satelite). I am so smitten with you Svengoolie. Thank you ME TV for introducing us. Happy to be reunited with the horror greats. Now my husband and I have another date night. Keep on Truckin Svengoolie!

I used to get RetroTV on a local Atlanta HD sub-channel, and was terribly disappointed when they switched to MeTV. I thought I’d lose the Saturday wackiness of the schlock horror shows “Wolfman Mac’s Chiller Drive-in Theater” and “Off Beat Cinema”…. but I have been very happy watching the classic — and not so classic — horror films with Svengoolie. Brings back the fun memories of watching Al Lewis as Grandpa hosting the old TBS nugget “Super Scary Saturdays”.

i grew up in detroit and watched sir graves ghastley every saturday afternoon…he was great…but you had to stay up till 1:00 a.m. to see shock theater for the old universal horror movies..glad to see them back on again! btw svengoolie…your as funny as the ghoul..scratching glass and turning blue…lol….hi ya gang hiya hiya hiya….keep up the good work..!!!

I have always loved the Sven-master. AND STOOGE-A-POOLZA! His side-kick Doug is great too! I love his singing! He cracks me up every time. Sven is like the Oprah of Horror television! And one more thing will we ever meet Mrs Sven?

I was ahuge fan of Son of Sven when I lived in Glen Ellyn during the late 70’s. I couldn’t beleive it when I saw the ad for Svengoolie last week on Me TV. Guess what this 46 year old will be watching with his kids every Saturday night? Awesome! Johnstown, PA

I hope Rich Koz will make new stooge-A-palooza episodes, show new mail and e-mail from his stooge-A-palooza fans and Rich will goes out the street asking questions about the 3 stooges. If you want to mail stooge-A-palooza the address is Three Stooges Stooge-A-palooza c/o wciu 26 N. Halsted Chicago IL 60661 or you stooge fans can e-mail him at Stoogekoz@wciu.com and he get those fan mail and e-mail every weeks at WCIU. Richard Almazan

Mr.Koz got those stooges t-shirts that called Shemp the forgotten stooge and Eben-eezer stooge t-shirts from Las Vegas by his staff member but Rich can’t tell you stooge fans where can you get those t-shirts. Rich says you stooge fans can buy stooges t-shirts on line like Ebay or Amazon.com in the internet.

I can’t believe Svengoolie is now in the Kansas City area! You’re on a good station that can be received for many miles. I’m spreading the word all over Norhtwest Missouri. Hope to get you some new fans!

We`ve just started getting MeTV in the Whittier, Ca. area about 2 weeks ago.
That`s what`s missing in TV,a horror movie host like Svengoolie.
In the early 70`s there was a host on local TV named Seymour.
And ofcourse that one Lady we all know in the early 80`s.
Great show!!! keep it up Sven.

I am so Happy that Me-TV got Svengoolie on. I watched the original Sven in the 70’s and always loved son of svengoolie. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and havent seen a sven show since 1994… I am so excited to be watching it tonight!

This is soooo cool. I was a fan of the original Sven (Jerry G Bishop) as well as the old Creature Features on WGN. As a matter of fact I have the old Creature Features theme (Experiment in Terror) on my phone. It would be so cool to see some of the best of the original Sven. A bit of Chicago here in Atlanta.

Oh my! I am sorry I missed your post David. Oh what a good Idea, I should call Comcast too! Nice to know I’m not the only Sven fan in Portland! I am on facebook if you would like to add me, feel free just add a note of where we “met” cause I am kinda forgetful. Obviously seeing as I forgot to check this spot to see if anyone responded to my post

I also seen a svengoolie episode celled The Beach Girls and the monster that has filled Svensurround and Sven put a classic three stooges short called Disorder in the Court and he put Svensurround in the short of the three stooges and I love it because It’s has filled Svensurround in the whole short that Sven doing for his fans and viewers but I seen it August 06 2011 on the U TOO at 3PM.

Could you include more of those “Cheesey” monster flicks from the fifties. I mean, “Just How” many times can they destroy Tokyo etc.
There was a couple back then , Dinosaurus, and Reptilicus that were exceptionally “Cheesey”. Do you know where a person can get an
“Americanized” version of Godzilla with Raymond Burr. The only one I can find is W/O R. Burr ???.

Some others you might add to your library would be, The Unearthly,
(J. Carradine) Not of this Earth (B. Birch) and more Prehistoric Monster (Thanks to Atomic Fallout) Mothra, Giant Mantis, Beginning of the End (P. Graves), Them (J. Arness / J. Whitmore) , It came from the Sea (K. Tobey), and It Came To Conquer The Earth (Tim Holt / Hans Conried)

Sven..do you have any clips of the old “Shock Theater” program from the 50’s. You look like you could be that old. If not maybe you have a clip of the Bullfights from Mexico with Gus Chan. Saturday nights at 8PM on WCIU (Chicago’s first UHF station) way back when…..A guy named Gus Chan doing Bullfights from Mexico…yeah right! Hola Que Tal and how does it go with you.

I’ve heard about both the original Svengoolie and Son of Svengoolie about twenty-five years ago. Here in Cleveland we have had until recently a thriving TV horror movie-host tradition, and I myself always wanted to be a movie-host myself — but the market just isn’t out there anymore (which is sad; people who’ve read my material and seen my act really like it — ah well …). Still, it is nice to know that ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK isn’t the only host-programme out there nowadays. And I’ve always wanted to catch SVEN-TV. So I guess this is: “Welcome to Cleveland, Sven.” And yes, it is nice to be able to catch all those old Universal horrors and sci-flicks. No doubt you’ll be showing THE LAND UNKNOWN or CURSE OF THE UNDEAD really soon? Or THIS ISLAND EARTH or THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN? Or THE DEADLY MANTIS? O r maybe even MUNSTER, GO HOME? Universal sure did make a wad of them from the 1930s on, eh? And it’s great to have a show like yours to watch on Friday nights again. By the way, Sven — did anyone anyone ever compare your programme to THE UNCLE FLOYD SHOW? Well, I did. Welcome again to Cleveland.

I hope Mr. Koz reads this! Hi I am Bruce in Columbia South Carolina and I am VERY happy to report that after so many many years I have gotten my (son of) Svengoolie fix. I will be 49 years old and I consider myself of the generation who first knew not only (son of) Svengoolie, Mr. Koz, but also the first Svengoolie Jerry Bishop on WFLD Channel 32. Back in the oh so long ago 1970’s we had Jerry Bishop/Svengoolie and he was great!
But then this totally original Rich Koz beat out Steve Dahl at the auditions and he BECAME …. Son of Svengoolie,
I especially enjoyed the parody songs,
RIDE CTA, you could get mugged if you RIDE CTA *sung to YMCA*
i loved it all, and tried to produce and star in a show of a similar nature in Columbia South Carolina back in 1984 and was shot down. Apparently there can be only ONE SVENGOOLIE
But Mr. Koz meant and still means a lot to me even these many years later. What an irritating life I live that the most enjoyable moments are a Chicagoland horror host in Illinois.
Anyway I just wanted to say thank you and not to get all sentimental but it’s nice to see a funny guy continue to do well.
And I especially love that you’re showing old UNIVERSAL classic horror movies now, after all the years of grade Z science fiction and horror movies, you get to ‘class the joint ‘ up.
I would love to write for you, (on spec) as I have always had so many ideas for the show.
Alas at this late stage of the game, I don’t think it will happen, but who knows.
Well as a responsible adult (I am a supervisor in the security field)
anyway… Thanks
And hope you read thistylerdurden946@gmail.com

And thank merciful Cthulhu for that! I’ve been a fan since the show’s short-lived run on the equally short-lived Channel 48 in Philadelphia back in the early 1980s. I still have an alarming number of the old songs and routines memorized. Hey, it’s not like I had anything better to do with those brain cells!

It takes a special kind of genius to be this effortlessly silly, to be so clever at being so stupid, for so long. Thirty years on, I’m still in awe. Thank you, Sven!

It was only recently that we discovered Svengoolie in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Since our original local horror hosts “Big Chuck and Little John” have retired from their very long running and very popular TV show, it’s great to have a really funny show take their place! Hope you keep up the great work (just love your funny quips) and irreverant comedy. By the way, it’s also nice that your show comes on in our area at 10:00 p.m. instead of after the late news at 11:35 p.m. so we can stay awake long enough to see the whole show. Thanks ever so much.

I have been watching your show for over twenty years now and continue to every week. The very first day I met my wife, we were sitting on the front porch of a friends house and she asked where I lived. When I replied Berwyn, we both in sync said just as in the show, “Ber-wyn”. We’ll never forget that moment.

I am writing to you because in the past few months, my 2 year old daughter, Ashley Marie, has been watching the show with us and she LOVES it. From the moment the beginning of the show starts, she knows. She will wait for you to come out of the casket and yell while laughing hysterically, “Gooey” tricked me Daddy”. She looks forward to watching your show every Saturday and now on Saturday afternoons as well. We bought her a farret, she named him Gooey, we make sock puppets, who does she want one of? Gooey.

After so many years of drought, I look forward to Sven, the great old movies, his corny jokes, fun skits, clever musical number and rubber chickens galore. Thank you for making my Saturday night such a
source of fun, laughter and nostalgia.

I am 62, & grew up close enough to Chicago, to have been able to watch the local TV shows back in the 50’s. Svengoolie reminds me of the days when I would watch “Bozo the Clown” or “Elmer the Elephant” with John Conrad etc.. Used to be much local talent in Chi Town back then. Lots of local kids shows like ” Ding Dong School’ Well, Svengoolie is the the resident “Ding Dong” of Chicago TV now. He is both funny & informative. The movies are great fun too. Simply put: Rich Koz is unique! Thanks

THIS is the horror movie experience of my childhood: the Saturday late-night horror show hosted by a local TV celeb. I remember making my younger brother stay up until four one Sunday morning to hear my letter read on the air because the host ALWAYS read every letter received the following week, no matter how many hours it took. A part of my young self died when that show was finally cancelled (in the mid-seventies I think). I am so glad to have discovered the ME Network and Svengoolie … anticipating the return of that bleary Sunday morning stare from my bathroom mirror again. PSYCHED!!!

My 7 year old daughter loves Svengoolie, and the old horror shows he plays. It is so nice to have something we can watch together and both enjoy. She is hoping Svengoolie will someday make it to Tucson AZ so she can meet him. We are so thankful to Me TV for having him on!

A BIG thank you to Me-TV!
We all gather every Saturday night to watch Svengoolie do his thing!
The guy is super cool and the movies ARE worth watching.
Some of these horror shows play the most foolish movies, we can’t watch and turn the channel.
But, Svenzie Boy shoots out the classics.
Congratulation Me-TV!
We will support yout sponsors!

been watching almost a year now & look forward to sven every weekend. i’ve been a fan of horror hosts since i was very young [7] now i’m 61 & its so great to see the movies that i saw back then & havent seen til now,still love those movies.everything about the show is fun,the humor the songs,the comments,its all good & refreshing,instead of watching the drama & reality crap.may the rubber chickens fly forever.keep up the great work svenny boy.

Svengoolie is the BEST.
I grew up watching SON OF Svengoolie in the early 80’s.
Now I get to enjoy him again on ME TV
It’s as good as I remember.
Thank you so much for all the great fun and memories you’ve provided this Chicago boy : )

Wahhhhhh! My local cable provider just decided not to carry ME TV any longer and I am so depressed. I am glad I have the website to come to at least, but where or where will I get my Svengoolie fix every Saturday night from now on? Where is an old horror flick addict such as myself to turn? Oh the sacrilege!

Oh my gosh! I left Chicago 15 years ago, and last night I found out that my favorite horror fella is on a Utah station I just happened to check out by accident! What a fun surprise! Sven hasn’t changed a bit and I was tickled to know that he still does the same stuff he did when I was growing up. I am lovin’ Sven!

I remember this show when I was a child and every Saturday I watched and enjoyed. I was so happy to see its return and now my Boys share my fond memories of this great show .Thank you Mr Svengoolie for alot of great childhood memories for myself and now my kids as well .

I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and was a loyal viewer of our local horror movie host Ghoulardi. Thank you for having his photo on the weekly introduction of Svengoolie. I now reside in Orlando, Florida and watch every Saturday night on Me Tv. It is a good feeling that younger viewers can experience the enjoyment of classic horror movies and an entertaining host.

I moved to Mass. 20 yrs ago from Gary. I talk about Svengoolie all the time to friends, family, and my karate students here. Last Saturday I saw a commercial for the show and couldn’t believe that it was still on and that I could watch one of my favorites. Svengoolie rules.

Oh man, I can view Svengoolie again after all these years without! I used to watch the original Svengoolie as a kid in the 70’s when we lived just south of Chicago, but NOW his legacy is available even here in Seattle, WA! TYTY! This is such a blast from the past, especially with the rubber chicken, the song ‘Thank You for all the Cards and Letters,’ and the ghawd-awful jokes! I dig me da retro TV!

I LOVE Svengoolie!!! I grew up on the East Coast with Commander USA and have been missing this type of show for a long time now. Thanks to MeTV, I now get to enjoy my favorite el cheapo movies along with funny skits and comments from Svengoolie! AWESOME!!!!

Never heard of this guy until he came on in Las Vegas and we finally got MeTv. I love it! this brings me back to my childhood watching some of these movies and having a horror host for late-night movies. I can only hope he stays on forever or at least as long as I am here.

My graduate student daughter acquainted me with your show Saturday night, while I was visiting her at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. We watched Dr. Cyclops. You are awesome! I wish you were on television here in St. Paul-Minneapolis. You rock, Svengoolie!

Svengoolie is desperately needed in the Champaign/Urbana (IL) area. Many college students from the Chicago area are stranded without the hope of Sven’s weekly hilarity. Also, the younger generations need to be brought up the know and reveer the great horror classics. It seems wrong that this area, just hours from Chicagoland, is without such premium programming as Svengoolie.

Welcome to New England, Sven! We’re having a ball watching those classic MeTV shows and “Svengoolie” every Saturday night!! I truly enjoying those great Universal horror flicks! Great show, Sven! All the best!

Comcast just started bringing MeTV programing & Svengoolie to us here in Utah, so we’re new to your show and so far… Great!
Sven, you remind me of one of my all-time favorite “movie” shows- Mystery Science Theater 3000. I still miss it to this day.

We’re all looking forward to Saturday nights now, Great Show & Good Luck!!

Dear Sven,
I thoroughly enjoyed your 2 favorites programs. These were mostly my favs too. I hadn’t seen them in a while and the impact they had was tremendous. They were way ahead of their time and someone was a genius in there. My fav Curly line is “It’s the counting that got me worried”. I’ve always though Larry was great. He was like George Harrison, the forgotten Beatle. But he really added and contributed greatly to their success. His takes and reactions to things are a riot. You can watch just him and realize just how funny he was. He said a line on the short where they were in that golf course and Curly was washing his clothes. Larry said something like “wishy shirty, wash your skirtie”, or something like that. It was just a funny line. But what does that mean and where did that come from?? In that same short it showed that steep street where the beer barrels got loose and rolled down to the intersection where the cop was. I’d love to see how these old streets that were shown in these look now. Also the boxing short where Larry is running down the street. Has anyone tried to match these up?
And finally, thanks to you, Rich, for keeping the Stooges alive and well in Chicago, and the rest of the country.
Stoogedly Yours,
Tom Otworth

I’m so glad i found MeTV with Svengoolie. I still watch Wolfman Mac on RetroTV but yours remind of a show that used to be on here in Pittsburgh years ago, Chiller Theater. I love the old horror movies please keep them coming.

I love watching the horror movies on your show. Please don’t show any more comedies like the Bob Hope movie you showed tonight. I watched Ghoulardi in Cleveland back in the 60’s and he never would have shown a movie like this. Stick to the horror/science fiction movies.

What FUN! I go back to the days of Screaming Yellow Theater with Jerry G and company. I saw that actual episode where Bette Midler, Peg Bundy, *ha and the others sang to the original Sven. We were at our Grandfathers house staying overnight watching the Monster shows that night. Heck, I go back to Chuck Acri Creature Features from WQAD 8 and “lights Ouuuuut” for that matter. I’ll never forget that guys face coming at ya from the darkness at the beginning of that show. I’m just glad WCIU/METV keeps the Monster flicks coming. It’s a tradition that should never stop, like the Three stooges or Drive – in Theaters. It’s part of Americana. I like the Classic Monsters more than the Abbott and Costello or Bob Hope meets…such and such too. My favorites are the 50’s B&W’s. Any UFO or Sea monster or show like the Blob is the best. Vincent Price? The Tingler!? get my popcorn and TV clicker…..it’s Gold Jerry! Gold! Keep up the fun Sven. Thanks for everything. :0)

Glad to see that Sven is now national in many markets. I go all the way back to the original Jerry G. Bishop / Sven and even ate at Jerry G.’s in San Diego when I lived in So Cal. !!
I’m with you all the way on your humor though, too, Sven. Even though I have many of the movies shown on the show the humor interject is
irreplaceable. I sent a personal note of thanks to RIch / Sven at Weigal Prod. 26 S. Halsted St. Chicago 60661.I hope it gets to his desk.

I remember back in the 60’s here in Rochester,NY we had Monster Movie Mantinee w/ Dr. Witty and Epall. I am glad someone is continuing the tradition of having a host for our scary old flicks. You do great job Sven, the humor adds an interesting element. It’s hilarious. Keep it up!!

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I enjoy Sven and I remember him when i lived in chicago, Its great to see him , and he has not forgot his favorite city Berwyn… I hope he’s on a long time,,,besides it gives me something to watch here in orlando on saturday nights. thanks sven

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Mr.Svengoolie….Just started watching you on me-tv here in Buffalo, and am enjoying saturday night tv again… takes me back to when I was a kid, and the blob terrified the jeepers out of me… you bring back that creepy-cheesy vibe…. keep it going…Love the show.

Thank you for the Saturday evening fun – I’m trying to explain to my kid about “Sir Graves Ghastly” when I was young in Detroit, and this is a great introduction for him, and nostalgia for me! Thank you – CC (in WA now)

Go Sven Go ! lol you are reminder, of my younger days watching Sammy Terry out out Indianapolis, In. and the Cool Ghoul out of Dayton, Oh , Both Classics.
Like Bob Shreve out of Cincinatti Ohio ,you need a Giant spider on a string banging you on the head while you try to conduct your show. Great job Buddy . I’ll be back every week !!!!!!!!

I saw the show you did with “Abbot and Costello on Mars”. It has been a long time since I have seen a late night movie host show.
Your show to me is a throwback to 1960s television in Cleveland, Ohio, where I grew up watching Ghoulardi and then Big Chuck & Hoolihan.
Your cheesy schtick comedy is entertaining. I will keep watching

I can’t express how happy I am that Svengoolie is still on the air in Chicago. I live in Japan, but grew up for 17 years watching Mr. Koz both as Son of Svengoolie and as the host of the cartoon programming on the Koz Zone on WFLD. I would kill to get hands on some of those old videos. I still hear the inimitable sounds of “Berwyn” in my head. Thanks a lot, sir, and I hope you stay around until you find a suitable successor.

It is about time. A channel with Svengooli started here this last week and I couldn’t be happier! I grew up on Ghoulardi and Sir Graves Ghastly and it is about time someone stepped up to the plate and put on their shoes!!!!

so excited to see svengoolie again! i currently live in denver and grew up in the chicagoland area 70’s and 80’s watching svengoolie with my dad on saturdays. great memories and nice to see him on tv still, can’t believe it’s been 30 ish yrs! keep up the quality tv! berrr–wyn??

Grew up South of Chicago, always watched Svengoolie and Son of Svengoolie. Had no idea I would see it here in Georgia. Brings back alot of memories. Keep the show alive so others can have the same memories.

He’s soooooo stupid he’s actually GREAT! (and there’s a compliment in there somewhere!) I also love the bits of history that he tells about actors that appear in the movies! Keep up the great work “Sven” we all love you!!

I never miss a single show. I am at age twelve and still love your shows. I sind up to get a ruber chicken. I would love to get one some time this year. I was woundering if some time this year if you could play the original Three stooges The Movie for some classic commody. Sincerly Paul M.

Just found your program surfing stations on 2/25/12, what a scream! The show reminded me watching the scare flicks Saturday night growing up that were hosted by Vampira then later Elvira. I’m looking forward to watching more of the classic “horror” flicks now that I know about MeTV. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

I love Svengooli! I look forward to every Saturday night at 10:00 pm in Rochester NY to get that warm comfy feeling of when I was a kid watching horror/Sci Fi flicks with my dad on Saturday nights!. The host is great…so cool…thank and and please don’t stop…

I was channel surfing a couple of weeks ago, and happened upon Sven by accident. I used to watch the Son of Svengoolie all the time on WFLD while stationed at Ft. Sheridan many years ago, and I thought, “nah, it’s not the same guy”. The more I watched, the more I was convinced it was. Welcome to Jacksonville, Fl. Sven…keep flinging those rubber chickens at Berwyn!

Sven takes me back to the days when I would watch “Theater of the Macabre,” hosted by Macabra on WOWT in Omaha. Now I can enjoy the old classics with my own kids! Thanks for the humor, film insights and song parodies. It’s a hoot! (Glad to have you in Cornhusker Country.)

Oh, how I am sooooo thankful that my husband, Ken, found your program on Me-TV. My husband grew up watching Sivad from Fantastic Features on WHBQ-13 airing from Memphis, TN. He has a great LOVE for the Universal Horror movies and so do I thanks to Y-O-U!!! Every Saturday afternoon in the 1970’s, I would watch Creature Features and then you, (Son of) Svengoolie, afterwards on WFLD-32. I looked forward to the banter and jokes on the program. You had me spellbound. It wasn’t Saturday without watching the program. They just don’t make horror movies like the true classics. Over the years, I have shared with my husband memories from the program wishing he could have the same experience that I was fortunate enough to know. A few months ago, he came across Me-TV and noticed a program called “Svengoolie” on Saturday nights showing Universal horror movies. I hoped against all hope that it was YOU. Yes, yes, yes!!! Every Saturday night now, we enjoy watching your program and wear our official chicken thrower, glow-in-the-dark Svengoolie shirts in pride! He LOVES your sense of humor and is looking forward to the Green Hornet this Saturday night with popcorn in hand. One more thing…”Berwyn!!!”

All the folks at KTKK AM630 love watching “SVEN” on Saturday Night’s on MeTV out of St. George. It brings back the memories of growing up in Chicago. Used to watch your show, and Thing Theatre no WSNS channel 44 – All the best “SVEN” Pat

It is so good to see another classic horror / sci fi show on the air each week. Unfortunately, they are a dying breed. Thank you Richie for bringing these movies to all of us true fans. May you run forever!

Thank all things creepy and evil that Svengoolie has taken over the airwaves in Olympia Washington. My whole life is a dogear’d Famous Monsters of Filmland with a rich and heavy CRAMPS sause. Sven fits right in. Thanks so much for making my staying home on saturday nights not seem so lame. Hail Sven!!!

I love to curl up on the couch and watch and I refuse to go to bed when it’s on.I am A Super duper duper fan.I have a series of relatives that watch it!One of them was 80 yrs. old!I love to watch it with my parents and brother and sisters.I am 9,but I still love classics!I am also a member of Goosebumps,The Phantom of the opera,Svengoolie,and many other creepy clubs.I love dark and hate bright .I like creepy and I hate sweet.I may be weird to others,but compared to Svengoolie,I’m a unicorn against a fire-breathing dragon!I love his creepy ideas and creative ideas.God gave him as a gift to creep-show lovers and lovers of classics.I am sad about his father,but I think they were equal in their job.Long live Svengoolie!

Started watching Screaming Yellow Theater when it debuted… when the original Svengoolie (Jerry G. Bishop) was just a voice at commercial breaks. Then came the still-photos of him in costume/make-up to accompany the voice-overs. Once he went live… with Zelda… all Hades broke loose.
When he left the air, there was a brief vacancy host from Ohio called The Ghoul… which, I understand, was a prodigy of Ghoulardi.
But in 1979, all Hades was unleashed again when Rich Koz took the reins as Son of Svengoolie.
I loved the skits with Tombstone… especially BatSven… and Vampire Carpets.
I was even watching the Koz Zone when Sven returned as a guest co-host (can you say split-green screen?).
Now, at 48 years old, I’m still a REALLY over-sized kid… glued to the tube every Saturday… trying not to groan at those REALLY bad song parodies!!!
Sven (Rich), I can’t begin to thank you enough for the years of laughter & escape (from the lunacy of real-life).
Keep going as long as you can. We NEED you. (and a litle Xanax, too)

SVENGOOLIE: Live out in the sticks of S.Oregon without any TV connections except for poor antenna reception. Hate the Fox TV netwk but recently they have added on MeTV which brings back many memories. I had never heard of Svengoolie before but thanks for the weird & unusual. Keep throwing those rubber pollos!

Svengoolie is alive and well in Wisconsin! keep up the good work, love watching the old classics. Our kids are all in college now and have never had the opportunity to see these great films we grew up with. Keeper-roll-in!

I grew up watching “Son of Svengoolie” on channel 32, Chicago….and I just found you on MeTV. I am absolutely tickled to know this is still out there, and I can now watch it with my son! Keep up the great work! Love it!

Just stumbled across ME-TV . Fantastic! In the Tampa/St. Pete area we had Dr. Paul Bearer every Saturday night @ 9:00 P.M. That show has been off the air for quit a number of years, sad to say. So glad to find you, Sven. The old horror flix are the best.To go even further back in time, we had Shock Theater on Friday nights @ 11:30 P.M. in the late 60’s/early70′. Great fun. Thrilled to find someone with my taste in movies and twisted sense of humor. I’m DIEING to see what’s instore. Will watch you forever, or longer, maybe

I have been watching Svengoolie since the 70’s and now that I run a foundation in Fox Lake, IL for kids with debilitating/life threatening illnesses and our wounded US Service Members and their families I have gotten these kids and adults involved in watching every Saturday night. We even watch on Saturday mornings the esipode from last week. Today in the morning it was Dracula’s Daughter.

I think I am the number one fan. Other shows have gone like Creature Features when I was a kid but this has been in tradition in my family and now I am proud to pass it on to other families.

The kids love it and it because a snack party for them as well. The adults really get into as well. Something to make them take their mind off of what they are facing if only for 2 hours. These families come to our foundation from across the USA.

Thank you for keeping a great tradition alive. Please never stop this great tradition all year round!!!

Discovered METV about a month ago, but tonight is my first exprience with the great Svengoolie with “This Island Earth”, of course being a fan of “Mystery Science Theater 3000″, the temptation was there to compare the two treatments of the movie, but I also guess it would be unfair to do so. Of course, I will tune in evry week now to view the cheesy movie of the week. It’s just a shame METV can’t get the license to air the old episodes of MST3K in conjunction wit Svenghoolie.

I grew up (better said, attempts were made to raise me) in the Chicago area in the late 60’s and early 70’s (I graduated from Lisle Senior High School in ’73) and thoroughly enjoyed Screaming Yellow Theater with Jerry G. Bishop as Svengoolie. I appreciated and enjoyed Rich Koz’ contributions to the show then and was very happy to see Rich continue the legacy after Mr. Bishop left. Thank you, Rich!

Recently ME TV became available in the Dallas area and I can renew my memories of past shows while enjoying the current show! I look forward to this weekend and “The Creature from the Black Lagoon”.

We’ll thanks to “ME TV” which was just added to my local cable system in NE Philly(Phila. Pa.) via WFMZ TV, a thought that has been on my mind for over 30 years has finally been answered. Sat. night I stumbled across your program at 10PM. 30 years ago at this time I first saw you on the old CH48 WKBS after they aired that 3d horror film that the 3D effects didn’t work after all the hype for it and the glasses you had to buy at Burger King I believe. I also remember seeing the promo the station showed of your program coming to it following the film that evening and your crazy stuff that also caused complaints among parents. For years I wonder who was that horror film host was, would be on every Sat. afternoon, til CH48 went dark in Aug. of 1983. Looks as if the mystery has been finally solved.

We’ll thanks to “ME TV” which was just added to my local cable system in NE Philly(Phila. Pa.) via WFMZ TV, a thought that has been on my mind for over 30 years has finally been answered. Sat. night I stumbled across your program at 10PM. 30 years ago at this time I first saw you on the old CH48 WKBS after they aired that 3d horror film that the 3D effects didn’t work after all the hype for it and the glasses you had to buy at Burger King I believe. I also remember seeing the promo the station showed of your program coming to the station following the film and the crazy stuff that also caused complaints. For years I wonder who was that horror film host who would be on every Sat. afternoon, til CH48 went dark in Aug. of 1983. Looks as if the mystery has been finally solved.

Came across your show this passed Sat. evening on WFMZ-ME TV and a question that was on my mind for many years. 30 years ago at this time, I recall first seeing “Son Of Svengoolie” over CH48 WKBS here in Philly following a viewing of an old Blk & Wht. 3D film that you had to buy glasses for at Burger King I believe. Can’t remember the film but did remember the promo CH48 aired of “Son Of Svengoolie” of different skits and clips. For the next year and a half on Sat.s I heard of the differe nt crazy stuff that ya’s did but others. Then in Aug. of 83, WKBS went dark and often thought who was that crazy horror film host. The 30 year question has finally been answered.

Btw, I forgot to add this to my comment. Apparently the 3D effects didn’t work of the film on that Spring evening and it was big news here the next morning aswell as complaints of parents who had concerns about the stuff shown of “The Son Of Svengoolie”.

METV is now in my city and I have discovered the goofy (yet tastefully done) antics of Svengoolie as he introduces all those fabulous horror movies from back in the day! Now,Saturday nights have become Svengoolie nights with madness,mayhem,and enough laughs to tickle your funny bone. Rock on Svengoolie!

Saturday nights have been dedicated “Svengoolie Night”….Pizza or Chinese is delivered or home snacks prepared [each week a different menu] and the family settles in to watch the old greats from universal that we watched as kids. Sven enhances the treat with comic vignets and makes for a real fun night!!! Love It!!! It’s truly a great FUN night! Keep up the good work Rich!! It’s great, been waiting for the genra like this to re-emerge for years! Thanks for carrying it on!

We were so excited to find your show back in Jan. It has become our mandatory family night movie! We buy popcorn from our local theatre, raisinettes from the grocery store and gather around the tv in the dark. I grew up watching you in Chicago and I am so excited to share this time with my husband and four children! Good, clean, family fun! Thanks!!!

i have bright house cable in brooksville florida and they wont even respond to my request to get the u here to see svengoolie here. im from chicago and i need him on sat. might. we have nothing here please help me

Thank you for all of your work on this web page. My mum takes pleasure in doing internet research and it is obvious why. I hear all regarding the powerful medium you make reliable tactics through your web blog and as well as increase participation from others on this area so my daughter is really starting to learn a great deal. Enjoy the rest of the new year. You are always conducting a really great job.

I have been watching Svengoolie for 6 months now. Your show makes my Saturday night which gives you an idea how my social life is doing these days.

I like the Music bits, satire, and the movie information bits that give the actors and actress history and names. I also like how they produced the super special effects that cannot be reproduced today.

I grew, up sort of, in Nebraska in the 60s, and watched the Saturday evening horror movies. What was really cool is that in the summertime we would get a good thunder and lightning storms on Saturday night.

I really enjoy watching the Sven Goolie show every Sat. night. Glad that MeTv put it on the air. Bet no body remembers the Bowman Body who was back in the 70’s. Hope it stays on TV many years to come.
Thanks for the movies,
Chris

I saw last night after watching a Sherlock Holmes episode on DVD that 2.2 This TV in Portland, OR is now Me-TV.

WELCOME Svengoolie. I see that Saturday’s movie is “The Mummy’s Ghost”. I will be watching you. Please play “The Deadly Mantis”, “Horror of Dracula”, “The Mole People” and “The Amazing Colossal Man” in your line up again soon. Haven’t seen these movies since I was a teenager.

Just found you on MeTV….while surfing on my Antenna instead of U-verse…..HeHeHe….remarkable resemblance to Dennis Franz…mannerisms as well……Keep up the Good Work….reminiscent of Bestoink Dooly….in Atlanta, Georgia B&W TV days…….

Hey there Sven,
Great show. Glad to see that movies such as your show provides if back on the air. Used to a big fan of series such as Mystery Science Theater (Joel Hodgkins), Creature Features with Bob Wilkens, Up all Night ( various hosts), and Wolf Man Macs Horror Drive Inn.

Im glad Minnesota gave all of us here ME T.V., since the only shows we have here are those dumb reality shows. Day after day, all night long. Boring. Then along came ME T.V., and with it The Svengoolie Show. Now this is better then any dumb old reality show. Its the way T.V. is meant to be watched and enjoyed. Im available if your hiring.

Really like and enjoy your website and absolutely love watching the classic horror movies that I grew up on, similar to Bob Wilkins’ Creature Features and Chiller Diller which I greatly miss watching. Thank you!

We recently began getting MeTV in mid-Missouri and my beau and I got hooked on Svengoolie quickly. Saturday evenings got a heck of a lot better in Fayette, Missouri! And when he showed “The Mole People,” (a favorite of my family’s), I was officially a die-hard fan. Love you and the show.

I grew up in Glen Ellyn watching Screaming Yellow Theater in the early 70’s. I think I was probably the only 11 year old girl in town who had the hots for (Jerry G. Bishop) Svengoolie! Some of the best and creepiest, freakiest, scariest films I’ve seen to this day (and not seen since) were shown on SYT.

About a month ago, I found Son Of Svengoolie on METV, and almost jumped on my couch Tom-Cruise-style I was so excited. But then I watched and it wasn’t anything like the old Svengoolie show I remembered and I was SO disappointed. HOWEVER, I continue to watch because it makes me feel a connection with Chicago, which I miss so much since moving to Los Angeles many years ago, and I gotta say, Svengoolie’s son is starting to grow on me……a little. Maybe you could try to dig up some of those c-r-e-e-p-y movies your dad used to show?

SOOOO excited that (Son of) Svengoolie is in Portland, OR!! I remember watching the show on Saturdays in Glen Ellyn, IL, and stayed up last Saturday night to watch “The Mummy’s Ghost” — and am watching it again right now with my 9 year old son.

One of my favorite memories of the 70’s was getting the 3D glasses (I thought we got them from White Hen Pantry or something?) and setting the TV’s red/blue setting so that there was a double image and then sitting down to watch “Creature from the Black Lagoon” in (sorta) 3D. It was almost as exciting as staying up all night to watch Geraldo Rivera open up Al Capone’s tomb ;)) Thanks to Sven for so many of my greatest memories of growing up in the 70’s Chicago suburbs!!

Watching Svengoolie brings back fond memories of watching the late, late shows on WGN with my father-in-law.
I have lived in Florida for many years, and thoroughly enjoy the show, just as much, if not more than all those many years ago. Thanks for the memories!

Where else could I enjoy the comedy/drama while eating “fun” food and actually feel good when it’s all over, instead of heartburn, disgust, and being “grossed out” by gory bloody visual effects?

In perspective, I guess the early horror flicks may have had the same impact on people as our most recent flicks (1980’s to the present) that focus on chain saws and sadistic mutilation. They are products of the time and culture creating them.

Sven gives me a viewing option to just have some fun and fantasy along with interesting historical movie revelations.

We get the this station via our NBC station (KCBD) here in Lubbock, TX. I really do enjoy all of the antics on this show! Thanks for putting on a great program on Saturday night! It comes on from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. I go to bed happy. The show and its crew make me laugh so much!

Years ago our ABC station had a similar program in the early 70’s. Your program in a lot better.

I watched the original svengoolie in Chicago in the 70’s ..then watched rich start out as Son of Svengoolie in 1979.. then watched him for 30 years.. I was flippin the channels the other night here in Las Vegas and I couldn’t believe my eyes.. I HAVE SVENGOOLIE IN LAS VEGAS…HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN AND I CAN CHECK IT OFF MY BUCKET LIST!!!-TED

Svengoolie – You *TOTALLY* rock!!!!
In a day when almost *EVERYTHING* on tv is *TOTAL* crap,
you manage to keep alive the true spirit of fun, entertainment
and *REAL* professionalism – everything that tv is *supposed* to be about….I can’t tell you how much I enjoy your show and everything that you do!! Yeah – I have to admit that Elvira is still a knockout, but you still carry the torch and for that I thank you sincerely!! Break a leg buddy!! …you’re an icon and very much appreciated and enjoyed! …I hope that you do this for as long as *YOU* want to because you make a *LOT* of people *REALLY* happy!!

Greetings, Been an fan of Svengoolie since the 70’s! I was sooo very happy to find the Svengoolie show was resurrected. keep up the great work! Just a thought here..Maybe put some of the prior shows up on the web site. I would love to watch some of the old stuff.
Much love and rock on! B

Even as a little ghoul, I loved your show, Svengoolie (oh, and that ‘Rich’ guy, too)…I even wrote you a fan letter.

You sent me back a hand-written letter of thanks…and doodled a liil’ rubber-chicken in the corner. To say I was thrilled was an understatement, and that letter was one of my favorite possessions (sadly, lost to unfortunate circumstance).

I never knew about svengoolie until we switched over to a couple different channels. Now I hate it when I miss it on Saturday’s! I am the only one in Danbury Iowa that watches it. Thanks for making my saturday nights so much fun!have a nice time.

I just recently became a Sven fan when Me-TV started to broadcast in the Dallas TX market. At first I thought it was going be another stupid no-talent bum just earning a paycheck host doing a hack job on the classics. But being a huge monster fan. I had to at least give it a try. I was SO surprised Sven was warm, knowledgeable, and funny. He obviously has a love for his job and the films he hosts.

I am now a loyal Sven fan. Thank you Me-TV for breathing life into a dull market. and two thumbs up for Svengoolie..the king of horror host.

I’ve enjoyed Rich Koz since I was a middle school girl growing up in Chicago and then in Dolton, Illinois in the 80’s and early 90’s. He use to host the “Koz Zone” where he would play cartoons and I’d watch them as soon as I got home from school. Now on Saturday nights I can still watch him near Hershey, Pa as Svengoolie. After several antennas and amplifiers I am able to pick up ME TV all the way in Pennsylvania!! Hey Rich you rock buddy!! Keep those movies and jokes coming. I lmao when I watch you

Wow, My 11 yr old daughter just discovered you 2 months ago. She LOVES horror films. Now she totally LOVES your show. If im sleepy she gets my pillow out so i can sleep in the floor so she can watch your TOTALLY AWSOME show. I love your show too. We hope you stay on a long time. We are total fans now. Love you Sven. : )

We are THRILLED to be able to spend Saturday nights with YOU Sven/Rich!! I remember the Cool Ghoul from Cincinnati when I was growing up. It’s nice to be able to share you with my daughters. We love the movies, especially the Abbott and Costello ones. Wondered about one of them for Halloween? THANKS for still doing what you do!

I love you, Svengoolie!
We took a picture together, back around 1998, (you were at a haunted house gig around Halloween) but my ex-boyfriend kept it, doggoneit! I grew up watching you in Chicago and now I live in Florida and I get to see you on MeTV. Thank you God, because it means the world to me. Not to mention, you look as young as the first time I saw your show, over 30 years ago, good for you!
I even got my husband into you, and he did not know about you before…I hope your popularity just keeps perpetuating!!!

Holy revival Batman!
I remember Svengoolie when it was “Son of Svengoolie” on WGTBS 65, before everything went digital. I use to enjoy as a child Dr. Shock, Zacherely, even Stella the Maneater from Manyunk. Now I get to see Svengoolie on MeTV. Sevengoolie is an Icon from Chicago and stil keeps the Horror/Host/Comedy moniker still going after all these years. Way to go and keep up the awesome work. Nice to have you back.

I was unaware of Mr. Koz’s…er “Sven’s” antics until we here in Rochester, NY began to receive MeTV programming. (we did have “Chiller Theater”, a local production, back in the 1960’s, but that program has been long gone from the airwaves…)
I agree with previous comments RE: With all the negative information that bombards us these days, the schlock jokes and silly schitck, along with the classic (and some less than classic but fun) films are a welcome respite. Thanks, Svengoolie!
R.Donez,
Rochester, NY.

I have seen the commercials for you show for a long time but I didn’t get a full version of ME TV until last week I love your show, it’s so hilarious! I can’t believe I never heard about it before. Oh the wasted years! LOL

I used to watch Son of Svenghoolie back when it was on WFLD 32 in Chicago and thought it was one of the funniest shows then. Then FOX took over and messed things up. For those that would like to know a bit more about Sven, try looking for the book “Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows From Shock Theatre to Svengoolie” Chapter 12 is all about Sven.

My wife and are in our 70’s and some of the shows were new back than. We really get a kick out of your show since locating it a couple years back and look forward to Sat nite w/ svengoolie ! thanks and keep them coming.

From Houston Texas THANK YOU Svengoolie! We can’t wait for Saturday Night Fright, Si-FI , Humor and the interesting facts related to the programs and characters. You and your staff keep up the great work! PS. We’re Chicken to watch anything but you on Saturday night! Happy Halloween 2012!

My husband and I are loyal fans. We live in Southeast Missouri (Poplar Bluff) and watch you on ME TV every Saturday night. We have a river cabin for weekends and we got dish network so we can watch you there too. You show the movies we grew up watching. Keep up the good work and remember to duck the chickens flying through Berwyn.

My Saturday nights are reserved on my sofa from 10pm to Midnight watching Svengoolie.I make sure I have a big bowl of popcorn and a tall glass of soda to wash it down.Between Svengoolie,the Three Stooges,and Doctor Demento,I can survive anything!!!!! Aaahhhh,
heaven……..

Saw happy to have come across this show the one time I decide to change the channel. Awesome! Reminds me of my childhood Creature Features. I see someone else from SF mentioned that above, too. Love it.
Please tell me how I can find out name of movies being shown. Dying to know name of this bathing beauty/blonde Elvis wannabe/giant caveman movie.

Love your show!!! Get well soon!!! It’s Awesome to have
Svengoolie on Saturday Nights. I love the classics. Take your time
and get well. If you don’t, I’ll come down from Wisconsin and throw
a chicken at you. Take care.

Thank you for making Saturday night the best night of TV again! Any chance you can air some of the old Hammer Films with Vincent Price and/or Christopher Lee? Whatever you do, keep up the good work-we in the Northeast love ya!

Hi, Svengoolie! Two of my favorite movies are “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” and “I Saw What You Did.” My favorite bit you’ve ever done is the song “Zombie #5″. Absolutely perfect when I need a good laugh! I’m introducing my 8-year old niece Emma to your show–she loves the jokes and Kerwyn too!

I’ve loved classic horror movies since I was a kid. We used to have a “Creature Double Feature” on Saturday afternoons, here in Boston, Mass. Well, that’s long gone, but I’m still fond of the creepy crawly classics — the cheezier the better. Love the flicks, and the entertaining behind the scenes commentary Svengoolie. I’m watching you here in Boston on MeTV, right after the original Batman, Lost In Space, & Star Trek (MeTV ROCKS!).

I grew up watching Sir Graves Ghastly and the Ghoul hosts long ago in Ohio from their Detroit, Michigan TV station horror hosted shows, later I watched hostess Elvira. I missed them and was very happy to see Svengoolie. He is wonderful and I love the shows he hosts. I look forward to watching him every Saturday. I look forward to watching him for years to come. May he cause future generations of horror show hosts to follow in his footsteps.

Keep those rubber chickens flying indeed and thank you so much God also for Sven Goolie and the amazing Saturday nights he brings! <3. I found out last year about Sven Goolie and have been a true fan ever since. We actually just had got Me-TV put on our cable and also, I was not even big with television but my mother had told me about Me-TV and then of course, Sven Goolie – making EVERY Saturday night even greater! Love and many, many blessings always Svennie!

Also, just the other day I bought an AWESOME Creature From The Black Lagoon figurine for my collection of course and it just makes me want a Sven Goolie & Kerwyn figurine set even greater now too! I also own a Grandpa Munster from The Munsters hit-show too! Great collection indeed! <3. ALSO, I own the awesome glow-in-the-dark Sven Goolie T-Shirt too. AWESOME!

Sven, hurry and get back! You are needed! And remember what Ned Scott said “Tell the World, tell this to everybody wherever they are, watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking! Keep watching the skies!”

“Hello” Svengoolie, thank you for letting me know about your Web-Site and how to be able to order a T-Shirt. I’ve gone onto the different parts of your Site, to check things out. It is an Awsome Site. “BTW” I’ve only found your Svengoolie Show more recently. I found it by “Channel-Surfing” and I thought that I would check out the Program and I’m still watching. Keep up the great work and the wonderful Shows.

Hey Sven,
Just watched for the first time last Sat. & look forward to many more years of enjoyment! I remember watching Creature Features w/ Bob Wilkins & John Stanley in S.F. bay area back in the 70’s & have missed having this kind of show. Take care.

We love this show! We found it on Me-TV playing on a Tulsa,Ok station. Forget going out now. We make popcorn and cookies and sit down to watch Batman, Lost in Space, and the original Satr Trek before Svengoolie! We have more fun watching these classic shows than with most of the new ones. Thank you for the great TV. Please don’t go anywhere and we’ll be there every Sat. night!!!!!!!!!!!!

We’ve only had METV ch186 in the Evansville, IN area for close to a year now…..but after 28 years of being married, my wife and my self both look forward (with snacks and drinks) for your show, it’s perfect family time TV, keep it going.

Sven,
We love you!! We grew up watching your dad, the original Sven. We grew up in Cicero, right next door to Berrrrwwwwyyyyynnnn!
Glad to have you on the air. Catching ME TV up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin now. Our 10 year old loves all the films we loved watching your dad intro way back when. We’ll be sending in a pic of our 10 year old official Chicken Thrower, in her new t-shirt from Santa soon.
Keep the good ol’ films coming!

Svengoolie is saturday night on MeTv 9.2 in Kansas City Mo. Nice to watch classic black/white horror movies.no computer generated effects.how about the original House of Wax with Vincent Price,Nosferatu.the name of the movie youwere looking for about the guy who dies at the end of the movie at the water fountain scene about zombie like society was The Omega Man with Charlton Heston.Thanks for the movies!!!!!!!!!!!!

A great show!! I am so glad I discovered it on ME-TV.
Used to love watching a similiar show—Lenny’s Inferno back in the 70’s and 80’s in Wisconsin. Sven is a CLASSIC Horror host whom I hope goes on forever. Keep up the good work–AND THE GREAT OLD HORROR MOVIES RULE!! BRAVO!!

I was pleased when Svengoolie showed “The Invisible Man” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”! They are my favorite horror flicks! I look forward to his show every Saturday night. Way to go, Sven. You’re a big hit in Overland Park, KS!

Jim to jim, I dont know if he is in Dallas. Im just thankful that Sven is shown in the Seattle area. Not sure if Sven knows what its like to be on the other side of the screen and look forward to seeing his show! Maybe he does! He and his show are so much needed by us real Americans! Thanks Sven! Get back when you can. We miss you!

Me and my housemate LOVE watching the show Saturday nights on METV in San Francisco following Lost in Space and Star Trek. Such programming on a Retro-faithful channel like Metv is a wonderful, nostalgic experience! The Universal Classics never looked better. This is the sort of programming this Gen Xer didn’t have so good since the early 80’s! Keep up the good work.
Our other local channel KOFY used to show the Svengoolie shows with the obscure cult films around 1:00 a.m. so a double dose of Sven was ultra cool throughout 2012.
THANK YOU!

svengoolie , it’s about time that we the older crowd, 40’s – & up get to share with our children , what we as kids all remember back in the 70’s / early 80’s , funny how television has changed ! back then t.v. signed off after 2-3am until programming resumes. i have been for years in contact with detroit stations in reguards to creating a late horror show with a host, but to no prevail ! glad ME/T.V. has the courage to re-venture this lost era in televison, finally and not but last i applaud them and svengoolie on there capitalazition of this golden oppurtunity , looks like svengoolie or ME/T.V. had enough sense to see this as i , i could only wish all the others had listened to me ? who know’s i may have been the nxt late horror host ? , anyways congrats to ME/T.V. for bringing back the lost era of television… thanx , james

I have been watching Svengoolie since the 80’s and have loved every episode. Originally from the Chicago area, I moved to Texas and couldn’t believe that they were showing him in the South. Thank you for continuing to air a great show so that new generations can enjoy a great program!!!!!

Hello Sven-I’m 64 years old and grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan. We had several classic TV horror movie formats that started in 50’s and continued thru the 70’s.“Shock Theatre” was one that I remember. It was broadcast every Saturday night, just like your show on ME TV. Your old horror movies are sometimes so bad, that they are great! Of course, the best part of the Svengoolie Show is when you are hammered with rubber chickens! I also like the Soupy Sales style segment where the “HAND” talks to you with the door partially open. Keep up the great work Sven-Hope you can show “The Day the Earth Stood Still” sometime in the future. It’s a favorite of mine. Thanks, Denny

Howdy, Sven/Rich! I’m a big,new fan from San Antonio, Texas. I started watching you on Saturday nights on MeTV which is a new station here. I’m only 6 years younger than you, and your show has brought back so many fond memories of my childhood. As a kid growing up during that time, I watched every new and old, color or black & white scary movie possible in my room, which was decorated wall to wall with black-light posters & plastic models of all the iconic monsters and villains from the movies and magazines. Well, your show has every ingredient that, for me, sparks this wonderful nostalgia I have for that period as a boy, who actually grew up in Houston. The old movies you show are great, of course; your clean, corny humor is refreshing…but ,also, your set design and the colors used are absolutely perfect. So, now, every Saturday night @ 9pm central, I flick on the two new black-lights I bought for the show, fire up the 55″ Vizio and just escape back into the kid I was back in his old room 40 years ago. Saturday nights used to be the one night a week that I’d take my wife out dancing, go out with the boys or whatever, but not anymore! I now only go out on Friday nights. Totally having fun watching. I wish you good health and recovery and long live Sven/Rich. Thank you!

I grew up in Westmont (BER-WYN), and still have a signed picture of original Sven from when mom took us to meet him in the ’70’s. I moved up here to Hayward, WI almost 20 yrs ago, and have missed so many things from Chicago.
But… Thanks to Me-TV, I have been able to enjoy my favorite Chicken-dodging movie host Svengoolie once again. Keep up your great work, and hope you’re feeling better!

Rich, my family and I are always wishing you the best and grateful for your show. We’re always recommending your program to others and we’ll be posting blogs about how wonderful your show is on our website 623Life.com so that we can get even more viewers. Stay well, America needs you!

Thanks for keeping the Horror Host tradition alive and well. I’m calling from Philly, where I grew up with the late great Dr. Shock and “Scream-In”, and later with the syndicated often imitated “The Ghoul”. Great to see that Saturday Night’s still allright for biting. Yeahhhh!!!!!!

found your show one night,it brings back many late night memories.I,m 53 and grew up with Big Chuck and Lil John in Cleveland ohio but they retired several years ago and late nights were never the same.Glad to see late night horror show hosts continuing the late night tradition.you have a new viewer

Having been a child growing up in Detroit in the 60’s, I could not wait for sat. afternoon to see Sir Graves, and Creature Feature. I am glad to see Sevn on Sat nights and to be able to share his old movies with the nephew.

I discovered Me-TV today, March 23, 2013, and I am watching Svengoolie for the first time tonight. Great sense of humor and Rich Koz makes the movie enjoyable to watch. I like the tid-bits of information. I have just become a fan.

Im glad to hear that your doing much better after your illness. I didn`t know that you The King of the W.W.E. I have watched him for years. I know ya have a lot to do so get well and return to T.V. ( one day at a time ) Be well and God Bless. later

This morning at church, after our minister delivered a sermon with references to RUBBER CHICKENS, I could not help “coming out” as a Fan Of Sven … and finding more in the process, along with queries of where to find his show. So from the pulpit of Arlington Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, bless you Sven and keep up the ghoulish work!

Marie here in Slidell Louisiana. Originally from Berwyn, Ill I really enjoy spending my Saturday nights with the Svengoolie show. I’ve been a big big fan since childhood. I’m 48 now and still enjoy watching Sven he makes me feel like I’m home. Thanks for all your years of entertainment. <3

Sven, We live in Houston Texas…..so I’ve never had the “pleasure” of you hosting the Universal horror flix, until now!! Thanks Me-TV… uh um…anyway, you’ve made me and my 7 yr old laugh and I just really enjoy someone other than my lovely and wonderful, Bob Osborne narrate my classic films. You definitely add some humor and well, a bit of glorious stupidity to the shows that make me laugh and you have won over our hearts, Thanks Sven! ps. No offense ! LOL

We’re so thrilled to have Svengoolie on the tube every Saturday night here in the Washington DC area. Thanks so much for continuing the classic tradition of horror show hosting. It’s a real treat to share this with our kid. We love you, Svengoolie and crew!

I saw you as Son of Svengoolie for a short time in the 80.s on Saturday after noon on local channel 64.(I think) And had the issue of Fangoria magazine about your show. I always loved your sense of humor and you still keep me laughing 30 years later!

Just discovered your show last night — Sven, where have you been all my life? Or I guess, where have I been since I just discovered you….anyway, I am now a die-hard fan! Grew up watching Commander USA (and Lefty) and Elvira, and Chiller Theatre and of course MST….and forgot how much I enjoy classic horror films and corny jokes combined. I had heard of you and am so glad I discovered you on MeTV. You’re awesome, and I look forward to watching you dodge chickens every week!!!!!!

RIch – Svengoolie has become a tradition for me and my fiance. We are 53 and 60 y/o respectively and are like two little kids watching your show. Svengoolie and good wine – what a great combo. You are a fabulous host, funny and smart. And I too will not switch cable companies because of you. Thank you for bringing back these old movies with your own style. Bring back memories – You make this NYC girl laugh!!!

Sven,
I opened my mail today and received a wonderful surprise, well other than turning 50 ( yuck, yuck). Thank you so much after all you have going on recently for remembering a longtime fan on his Birthday. It was such a thrill for me and when time permits I will surely post a photo with myself and your wonderful card. This made my day even more special. A shame your so far away, though it was if I was able to meet by proxy. It is a treat to have your show on the air and returning to classic horror monster movies, no matter how low budget some appear. You are the best.

Looking back, I realize how lucky we (the viewers) are, to have had you in our lives. My childhood memories are fused with images of Frankenstein, The Mummy, Wolf Man and Dracula, all introduced to me, through your show….many years ago. Your show has made you a member of all of our families. The goofy, funny, and silly Uncle Svengoolie, that we still love to watch to this day. Sure, If you weren’t there…maybe someone else would have been there to show us The Creature of the Black Lagoon, Abbott and Costello, The Marx Brothers, …(and the STOOGES…shhhhh, I know, That’s that Rich Koz guy “wink”), but not with your charm, charisma, and stylish hat. Thank you Uncle Sven, for all you have done, all your hard work, and for making my (our) childhood memories so enjoyable. I’m sure you’ve herd this all before, but if I had to put you in a group, you’d be right there between Gilligan and the Fonz. “Aaaaaaaa!” And for my age..43..that’s pretty good company.

I might be wrong but didnt the 3 Stooges do a horror film? If so what are the chances of you showing it? Please. But if not we understand. Ruber Chickens abound . Duck quack quack. Hope to see you back live on ME TV Ohio Valley 9.2 WTOV.T.V. But for now take care and be well. God Bless.

To karen yes that was Chilly Billy Cardily From WIIC Channell 11 Pittsburgh,Pa.(now WPXI 11) Yes I do rember that also. Every Sat. after the news. Norman the small person lived in Steubenville,Ohio I used to see him walking the streets with his cameras. Wow didn`t think anybody rembered that show. Small world. later

Like everyone else, I am SO glad to have found Svengoolie! Great movies and wonderful ‘filler’ items with Sven and the ‘Sven-gang’. I look forward to his show each Saturday and I DVR it so that I can watch it again, during the week!
Re Karen and Charlie from Stubenville:
I also grew up with Chilly Billie Cardillie, from Pittsburgh. He started with a Saturday afternoon double feature then moved to his late-night format. I knew one of his announcers and, in later years, was lucky enough to visit “Chilly Billie” at the studio and watched the broadcast from ‘behind’ the scenes. I asked him about his ‘bit part’ in the original ‘Night of the Living Dead’ and he explained how that classic came about. (It was a college ‘school project’ for a film class, so they used a lot of ‘volunteer/student acting talent’ !!!!)
Since it looks like Svengoolie is getting more and more ‘known’, thanks to the cable-world, maybe we’ll get to see him in a future ‘Monster classic’.

Your show keeps getting better every week. I really enjoy those “Invisible Man” movies so keep them coming. I keep telling myself I am going to leave my underground bunker and join the real world but I enjoy METV and all those fabulous movies you have too much. However,I am running out of room with all those empty TV Dinner boxes and empty pizza boxes all over the place. It’s always something!
P.S.: OK! I’m not actually in an underground bunker. I just thought I would add a little humor to my message. And,like Red Skelton,I have a tendency to laugh at my own jokes! Ha! Bye now!
Doug

My hubby introduced me to you back in the mid-90’s when we lived around Chicago. We videotaped you and shared you with friends and family in Philly. We even took you to Germany (when we lived there) and introduced you to many, many Americans and Germans! All that see you, Love you! We are SO Happy our cable carries MeTV! We are SO happy to see you again. It’s like you’re an old friend….a deep, dark, dank, dusty old friend that lives in a basement somewhere in Berwyn but alas, we’ve missed you!

We are so our area gets MeTv now. Great shows. Our favorite is Svengoolie. It is our saturday night pleasure. Popcorn, drinks, and great old movies. We love Sven’s humor. Just great family tv. Reminds us 60+ aged folks of the good old days of staying up late in our youth in the 1960’s, watching horror flicks.
Ahhhh, what great times. Thanks Sven for making it possible again for us.
Peace……

My granddaughter and I reserve every weekend for watching you on Me Tv out of Salt Lake City which we receive in Nevada. We make popcorn and watch you on “Svengoolie Night.” I remember the old Universal horror films and the Hammer films from when I was a kid and now she is learning to love them too. It is such fun and we both look forward to it every week. She is 10 years old and the only one of my grandchildren who has learned to love black and white movies and especially the old horror films. She especially likes Kerwyn and I love Sven surround and all the trivia on the actors and background of the movies. Hope you keep up the good work for a long time to come.
Love you Sven,
Kerry and Eve

Hey just started watching your show in this upsidedown world you’d think ppl would want movies like attack of the killer tomatoes well i love cheesy horror movies, thanks for all you do and maybe just maybe you could make an appearance in fort myers, fl. if not that’s cool. Well you make me roll in my grave, keep up the good work. P.S. Can’t wait to see the new sign off coffin!

this program would be so much better without svengoolie himself. I came to this site to see it with my own eyes. I really can’t believe people watch this guy. The movies are great, but the jokes the chickens, and all that extra stuff needs to go.

When I was young, mom and I would watch Jerry G. as Svengoolie on Saturday nights, big popcorn bowl and sodas, the works. Would love to watch those Godzilla movies and any schlock that came out in the 50’s-current. Esp watching Godzilla and any other giant Japaneese monster play a round of “Volly-rock”. Eventually, my kids came along for the ride. Now mom is gone, but my daughter and I watch Rich; Big bowl of popcorn, plenty of soda, the works. I just hope that Rich is grooming a replacemet so I have everything set for when the grandbabies come along. It would be so pointless to have that big bowl of popcorn, the sodas, the works WITHOUT a Svengoolie to share them with.

Buffalo and Western New York love for you Sven. Slapstick comedy with classic horror flicks without all the special effects that have all taken on the same look. Kind of reminds me of the old “Chiller Theater” from the 70’s. Keep it up you silly freak..

Previous commenter referred to ‘Uncle Floyd’…I wonder if he meant COUNT Floyd on SCTVs Monster Chiller Horror Theater….Anyway, great show! My Mother-in-law from Milwaukee got me and my wife hooked, and I cant thank her enough.Keep up the good work…

Brings back precious memories of our local Saturday night horror host, M.T Graves(Charlie Baxter d.2007) hosting the Dungeon on WCKT in Miami late 50’s early 60’s. You guys that host these horror shows are memory icons.
Thanks for your dedication and hard work.

I recently discovered your show on Me-TV and find myself tuning in every Saturday. Love the old Horror classics and since I grew up watching Count Gore de Vol, you make me feel like a kid on Saturday night again.

Rubber chickens have been a fun thing with my family for 15 or 20 years. When my nieces and nephews were young I would bring one on family vacations to the beach to entertain the kids. We have had Rubber Chicken lollipops, keychains, a flag and custom made Rubber Chicken Beach Towels.

i grew up watching Sammy Terry, in southern indiana… I love watching your show, I look forward to saturday nights. I would love for you to show “Abbott and Costello, meet the invisible man” thank you for your way of making the work week a little better to deal with, lol

Love Svengoolie – we are addicts each Saturday night for a good laugh. Love seeing Sven placing himself in the movies. I want to win the rubber chicken or how can I buy a signed one? We also love the A&C ones meeting the monsters.

Lauds to Rich Koz for bring Svengoolie to television to frighten us us with class and taste. Stories which require vulgar display to elicit reaction from audiences suffer from creators who lack depth of talent and, really, only bring to the screen movies whose shallowness requires periodic attention. Svengoolie, however, showcases films that require viewers to put effort into the film in order to appreciate the artistry. Thank you again for your efforts. MULTAS GRATIAS TIBI!

Been browsing the comments and just had to reply to “Mutt”. I guess there’s just no accounting for taste. (Old movies without Svengoolie are called “DVDs”.) As for me, I watch the program to SEE Svengoolie. There are times, if I’m not interested in the movie or I’ve already seen it several times, I DVR the program and fast-forward through the movie and just watch the Sven segments. For me, they MAKE the program. If there was a Svengoolie program without the Sven-Man, I don’t think I’d watch it.

Been watching Svengoolie since I discovered Me TV and I can honestly say your one of the best Sven! Nothing like a good b horror movie on a Saturday night. Brings me back to Saturday afternoons watching Creature Double Feature & Chiller. Keep up the good work Sven!

The Svengoolie show is entertaining, Mr. Koz is very talented… but I think it kind of ironic that he gushes over things sent (for free) by his viewers, then they cut to a self-promotion of the ‘official’ items for sale.

Great show. We’ve alwys had this type of show in Philly, what with
Roland the “Cool Ghoul” in the mid 50’s on Shock Theater. He (John Zacherle) left Philly and became Zacherly in NYC for several years. We had Doctor
Shock (Joe Zavislak) in the 70’s, and Stella, the maneater of Manayunk on Saturday Night Dead in the 80’s. Svengoolie is a welcome addition. Clips from all the above shows are on You Tube.

Being rather new to MeTV, I just discovered Svengoolie and had a spooktacular time watching the original Dracula last night! Sven is so ghoulish and monstrously funny, with a lot of that old-time classiness along with his camp. Loved all Svengoolie’s antics, his coffin(s) — it looked like there were two different ones — and his lead-ins to the movie. I’ll be a devoted fan from now on!!

I love gutless critics who use fake names and e-mails. Gee, the network sells Sven merchandise -that’s really horrible. Ever think that income might help pay for the Universal contract? I am always touched that viewers send gifts – “for free”. If it truly was “all about the buck”, things would be very different.

I am grateful to your reply, Sven… for it is the one of credibility that matters, and (at least) explains the position of things.

I’m only ‘gutless’ in the sense that I’ve seen many people on other blogs become the direct (and often overly-maligned) victim of the other bloggers…

While I don’t for one minute feel that your loyal fans per se would resort to that kind of vitriole, I always suspect there’s there’s the one lone casual observer in the crowd who will sieze upon the opportunity to jump on someone who dares to say something opinionated which might not flatter their idol.

The email address I’d logged was false in case anyone could access it… but I I missed the line abouve the data fields that say “your email address will not be published”, and I openly apologize to you, for my own shortcoming – missing that disclaimer and portraying myself is a less-than-amiable light.

While I was short-sighted in this regard – and do hereby apologize again to you for my error – the blogging ‘name’ chosen was actually meant to be tongue-in-cheek, as after all, yours IS a ‘horror show’. (“D. Noose”, reporter)

Kindly note that I had opened the comments with “The Svengoolie show is entertaining, Mr. Koz is very talented…”.

I didn’t in any sense try to slam you… I regaled the station for ‘hawking’ tie-in goods, which I believe I have a right to do so… but this point is now moot, because I need to clear the air. I felt it kind of set up a strange paradox… a personal thank you for something giften, then a cutaway to a promo for saleable merchandise. Perhaps if they weren’t back-to-backm I wouldn’t have seen such irony in the two separate things.

Now for the reveal… My name is Jeff, I watch your show on Me-TV in South Florida, and again… I think you are entertaining and quite talented.

There is absolutely NO negativity sent your way, Mr. Koz… and believe me… my opinion about ‘crass commerciality’ comes NOT from the Svengoolie show itself, but from my experience and observations working in various aspects of media.

While I can’t expect you to be ‘forgiving’ of the original anonymity, I hope you will at the very least take this with a grain of salt and remember the words of Alexander Pope: “To err is human, to forgive…divine”.

So, if my error was to offer my comments under a nom-de-plume I thought was humorous, and if I exacerbated that error by mistakely shielding my email from vitriolic responses – I stand accused and plead ‘guilty’.

I hope that at the very least, this commentary sets things right with you and your fans.

Thanks for understanding, and I understand why you aimed for anonymity.I’ve seen people who post a negative comment get roasted, as well. Quite honestly, if we don’t have a valid e-mail, comments are usually deleted. Forgive and forget… and I will delete the whole conversation, if you wish.

I am from Chicago. I remember Jerry G. Bishop in the mid-60’s. He had a song that made it to #5 on the WLS Silver Dollar Survey and I think he also worked as a DJ on WLS. I didn’t konw how popular he was in the Chicago area.Very diversified.
I not6ice that you have a street sign that says “Berwyn”. For some reason that name goes together with Quincy. I used to live at Fullerton and Orchard. OK Gotta get back to practicing,
Love your show. Sincerely, Mitch Rudoff

Rich, you are truly a gentleman, and I thank you for taking the high road in all of this. That is why I chose to reveal myself and ‘make good’, not just leaving a ‘hit-and-run’ comment behind.

Sometimes what we think is a right path takes us on a wrong road. I’m no kid… I’m a ‘senior’… and thus believe in taking responsibility if something I’ve said or done may [unintentionally] cause agitation or distress…

Hi Sven, your show is awesome ! Every Saturday I ask my grandson “what’s tonight?” he replies “Berwyn!!” . We love the movies and bits. I record them if I can’t watch at night. It’s good Sunday morning entertainment for the family. You share the time-slot here with Ivana Cadaver, but you got them beat hands down.
Reminds me of my youth in Philly with Shocky Doc aka Dr. Shock and little Bubbles Booth his daughter. Best Wishes for your continued success.

We are having such a great time watching you in St. Louis! Loved Judge Jerry this week. Masterful comedy just loaded with cheese, and the movie selections are awesome. Thanks MEtv and Svengoolie; we look forward to seeing you on Saturdays. You are far more entertaining than the movies themselves, which are pretty doggone good.

Watching you, Sven, from Big D, Dallas, Texas where every Saturday night is Svengoolie night!! Been watching over a year now since I discovered you on our local Me! TV and have been a fan ever since. Thanks for everything and keep up the scary good work!!!

I’am 50 yrs old, living in phila.And back in the early 70’s, we had a local magian who had a show simular to yours. It was called Dr. Shock. He wore ghoolish make up, and looked the part of a horror movie host. Iam a long time fan of classic monster movies, and classic B sci-fi movies. I do enjoy watching the classic horror movies every saturday night, but as for the Svengoolie character, it really turns me off. I feel that the slapstick , and dry jokes should be left for your on sideshow comedy tour. I would like to see your show have more of a creepy, ghostly look. A more horror effect, with more scary props, more classic b/w photos on the walls, and give the movie a real interest in watching. Your jokes, and oddball humor ruins the movie. And the special effect your program does with inserting your face with a still shot of the movie has to stop. Its stupid. And it interrups the flow of the movie, When your show begins, try sharing some real facts about the movie, the cast or anything you can share with the viewers. Having someone’s arm waving in front of the camera is just poor acting, and try to be more serious when your introducing the movie. Not everything has to be funny or a comedy routine. I take watching classic movies like these very serious. And when a comedian uses dry jokes, and stupid stuff about the movie is not funny. Its a show of poor humor. I think you should try being more of a show host of classic horror movies, and not a Saturday night wantabe.

Greg from Philadelphia- please do yourself a favor, and don’t watch. Rent or buy the movies on dvd. What we do is not funny- TO YOU. The fact that we have spread to national acclaim shows that others disagree with you. I appreciate that you intelligently expressed your opinions to us, whether we agree on them or not.

Sven, i know you have been doing this for many years now, and if that’s your way of being a horror movie host, then your historic gimic will continue as long as you have fans to follow you. And i do like to see someone having a show that presents classic horror movies as you do. I just wanted to express my feelings towards classic movies that you and your show air every week. I just wanted to share my thoughts of how you might want to try doing? I just thought that if you have a show with a bit more creepy, ghostly appearance, and have your set fit the mood of horror, and classic scary movies, it might put many horror movie fans “in the mood” on a saturday night to watch a good classic monster / horror movie, with a bowl of popcorn and cold soft drinks. This is what i enjoy doing when your show airs classic movies . The begining of your show is a good start, how the camera flows through the dungeon, and going through doors, etc. All the jokes, and goofball comedy routine is just not appropriate for this kind of show your presenting. It’s just that i have a different outlook on how a show host should give to the viewers. I have ideas of how you could start your show, and begin the show by greeting the viewers to another saturday night of classic horror. Then you can introduce the title of the movie, and then give the viewers some background info on the main characters, where the movie was filmed, etc. This is the type of horror show host i feel would make the show more fitting. I realize you have many fans who are more familar with you from Chicago, and thats good. But for a national show, i feel if you had a more ghostly, or creepy effect on the set, it just might give the movie a little more meaning. I will still watch your movies that your show presents, but it’s going to be hard to sit through the comedy, and slapstick routine you do. Just be honest with me for a moment, did you ever try or want to be a more ghoolish horror movie host ?

Quite honestly- no, because,first of all, I’m a comedian- and, secondly, for the most part, the viewing audience does not care for that approach.It may have worked many years ago, but- modern audiences find that approach cornier than the jokes you dislike.As I said, the national reaction to the show has been huge and positive…and, if I were not doing this show- a lot of these Universal films would be getting limited or no exposure to the national audience.

Rich, I can’t agree with you more. It’s so good to see the old movies I remember for my childhood. The comedy bits add a lot of fun. I wish you would break out Svensurround more often, it’s hilarious. Keep it up, we can’t get enough!

FRANKENSTEIN !! Now this is what started it all for my love for monster movies. My father introduced me to the monster world when i was a young kid in the 60’s. Frankenstein was my ultimate favorite monster. The Wolfman and Dracula were my next fav’s. I sure would like to see Universal make a new version of this classic. Useing the same looks, and with today’s slasher type movies, a new Frankenstein movie would hit high remarks in the rating column.

Being an original Shock Theater pkg and 1958 viewer of Zacherley, I’d like to see some break-ins. The DVR’s ability to 4x fast forward the ads may mean need some digital product placements, though if within films need permission of and likely review by sponsors and depends what the films’ licensing contracts say, unless public domain. [I used to rep the non-N. and Non. S. American rights to all of the 729 RKO titles, and had licensed THE BRUTE MAN to MST 3000.]

Hey, Sven, You’re a great host, but could you lighten up on the commercial break “Cheese”.
I have an extensive Sci-Fi DVD Library but some of my favorites are either not in or out of print??
Do you know of any dealer or distributor with a larger offering of Sci-Fi other than Moviemars or BlowItOutOfHere
I still would like to share Elvira’s Casket

I like reading the current responds from viewers, but can the site programmer please revearse the 408 respond list from most recent listed first. Its a pain to have to scan through 2yrs worth of viewer responds just to get to the most recent ones.

Wow that was strange. I just wrote an very long comment but after
I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr…
well I’m not writing alll that over again. Anyways, just wanted to say excellent blog!

Sven, I love your show ever since i discovered it on METV Network here in Pennsylvania, and quite by accident. I was bored one Saturday night and started channel flipping. I stopped on ch.#348 (Comcast) and saw you and just sat by a few minutes and watched the show. AS I watched it reminded me of a show I used to watch back in the 1970’s. Your show his similar to what used be known as “Uncle Ted’s Ghoul School”. The host was a local in the Scranton / Wilkes Barre Area and also a bumbling sort of magician. He was entertaining, sometimes I think he deliberately messed up some of his tricks just for a few laughs. Like your show, he also showed alot of old movies which I love. The old movies you guys air are so refreshing from these sick disgusting modern day horror movies that take all the fun out of the horror with all that blood and guts spewing all over the screen. I love the older movies and i hope you will keep showing them and keep entertaining all of us who love old horror flicks!

Valeri, i like your comment. I feel the same way about leaving all the comedy and slapstick for a different show. Seeing the classic monster movies is very entertaining, and iam glad there is a show that airs them each saturday night. But the show host has a gimic that should be for a different show, not the show of horror movies.

Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman. Another classic monster movie. I wish Universal would do some new classic monster movies with todays makeup effects and special effects would be great to see a new version of Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman

Sven,
Love the show!!! The trivia you do is one of my favorite parts! The jokes have made me spit out my popcorn or blown fizz out my nose. Saturday nights are now all they were meant to be. Don’t change a thing!

I love your show but am a little worried because of the lack of new bits between commercial breaks! What we have been seeing is old material recycled from past showings of the great films you feature. Since the introduction of the new coffin, months ago, I only see only the “reruns” of past shows’ appearances. Are you okay? When will we see the PRESENT you again?

Now that I’m married w two kids and no longer going out, Svengoolie is really something to look forward to on Sat nights, after the original Star Trek episodes of course. Unfortunately I recently moved to a new town which doesn’t have MeTV on its cable system, but just for those 3 hours on Sat nights I’ve resorted to both subscribing to Aereo AND buying and hooking up an HDTV antenna to get 5.2 MeTV in Boston which is 50 miles away.
I have to disagree with those who want more serious horror instead of your comedy bits. They’re so horribly great. Also I really love your trivia and all your anecdotes about the actors in the movies. Thanks for making my Sat nights!

well let me see , been an avid fan of horror since I was a kid & have been watching your show since I found it on metv here in the Tulsa area & was wondering if you might be interested in doing an interview for a site I belong to called Horrormansion ???

I know right now you are showing only Universal movies, but any chance of branching out and showing the old Hammer Studios horror films too? They put out a lot of great Dracula flicks in the 60’s!
Anyway, great to have a source of classic horror films on ME TV here in Des Moines, Iowa. Keep up the good work Sven!

Reply to Joe from Feb 1: Sven has already shown at least one Hammer film, “The Evil of Frankenstein”! Universal is the distributor for at least some Hammer films. For the same reason, Kaiju films like “King Kong vs Godzilla” also show up on the Svengoolie show.

It;s about time , finally Directv woke up, and is now broadcasting your show in New Jersey ! I was sick and tired of all the paid programing commercials every Saturday evening in your time slot ! Love the show Sven ! Keep up the good work. P.S. Loved your version of the Tarantella

I was going to reply to some of the negative remarks, but Sven has already done that. I do NOT understand people, who will watch a show (often several times) and then complain about it. It’s entertainment! It’s comedy. It does NOT have all the blood, gore and surgical details that many ‘modern’ shows have. If that’s NOT your bag …. turn the channel! Personally, I LOVE the show. I’ve been dealing with a medical issue, since 2009, and have been in constant pain since then. This show is one of the few that I look forward to EACH week. It’s FUNNY! So, they sell stuff. Shows have to pay their way, these days. It’s not like years ago when someone sponsored them and paid all the fees, salaries, etc. These shows have to be self-supporting now. Enough serious stuff. LOVE the show. Keep up the GREAT work, Sven. I wouldn’t miss it for the world and have even turned my sister into watching every week, now. (She’s also a Chiller Theater alumni.)

I live in Cleveland, Ohio, and discovered your show just this past weekend on Me-TV. I grew up in the 1960s and have great memories of our local Friday night/Saturday night horror movie hosts: Ghoulardi, The Ghoul, Hoolihan and Big Chuck, and Big Chuck and Little John. I also enjoyed Elvira on “USA Up All Night.” I’m thrilled to see that you are doing what you do, with the same sense of fun and wierdness as the Cleveland icons I grew up on. From now on I will be watching every Saturday night, with a big bowl of popcorn and a beer or two. Keep the movies cheap, and the humor cheesy!

Was L@@K’n forward to the show on 3-1-2014, But no show…I trust U will B back next week. BTW……this post comes from the “ME” TV Kansas City MO viewing area. So if they have cancelled U I will B extremely disappointed. Do Not let that happen. ..Ya’ hear!

I’m so glad to have found Svengoolie on MEtv. I grow up in the Pittsburgh area and we had a similar style show on Saturday nights. It was Chiller Theater with ” Chilly Billy”. I have begun to share my love for the classic horror movies with my granddaughter. I think she wants to come a chicken thrower when she grows up…..

Living in the Los Angeles market, we have had programs in the same comedy/horror movie theme for years, from Elvira, Macabre Theatre with Ivonna Cadavar, and even Wally George! Svengoolie is the best of them all because Rich Koz is wittier than all of them. What a blessing to have Svengoolie on late Saturday night TV. Thanks to Me-TV. I also patronize the advertisers that air on Svengoolie to help support the show. Hats off to Me-TV and Svengoolie! Toss that chicken : )

me being a lover of b- horror movies of the 30, 40s, 50, and 60s, svengoolie is definately a breath of fresh air to horror fans in the connecticut area nevermind all over the country. i grew up with creature features in new york on wnew fright night also in new york on wor channel 9 and last but not least chiller theatre on wpix channel 11 on sat. nights at 8pm and sometimes there would be a double feature at 11pm as well. bring them all back on the air. it was the biggest mistake taking them off in the first place! i loves youre tic tac poe this past sat night sven. keep up the great work but in youre case being a huge horror fan its probably the furthest thing from work there has ever been to you. youre a natural.. THE BESTEST OF THE BEST!!!! Steve

svengoolie i was just woderin if you could play a couple of my favorites… vincent price in the abominable dr. phibes and an oldie but goodie maniac from i believe 1935. geez what a surprise phyllis diller is in it! lol take care sven.

My kids and I love watching the show. My 13 year daughter still sings “The Mayan Disease”. I can’t remember the name of the movie, but the song you did is a big hit around here. Thanks for making our Saturday nights a little more fun!

Sven, I’m a new fan and love your show! I especially like your trivia on the night’s movie. You perfectly embody (!) the late night sci-fi/horror hosts from years ago and do a wonderful job of carrying on that tradition. Keep it up!

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I’m from Detroit, Mi. I used to watch Sir Graves Ghastly there. I’m 62 and my Mom loved him too! Your show is at least equal to his and I enjoy every part of it. I find you both humorous and informative as you often give history of characters and/or movies. There is a site for Sir Graves Ghastly that has video archives but I can’t remember it offhand if you care to research it and get some ideas or insight into another such show. Keep up the good work. I believe his show was Sat. afternoon but it’s been too long.

YOUR SHOW IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A LONG TIME. I WATCH YOU ON METV CHANNAL 11-2 OUT OF PITTSBURGH PA.I REALLY MISS SHOWS LIKE YOURS ,THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE CANCELLED THEM.BUT I LOVE YOUR MOVIES AND JOKES. I’M BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY. BECAUSE SVENGOOLIE ROCK’S.

i watch you on me TV in the quad cities and you’re what’s on when its date night, we love your show too bad you couldn’t do a double feature. we even throw our own chicken at you (audience participation) keep doing what you’re doing.

Love your show and don’t ever stop, we need the crazy humor these days, its all we have left to keep us going!!!
Some of the antics on your show are well thought up and in only a weeks time-amazing to know some of us “still got it!”

I LOVE SVENGOOLIE!! I discovered him “by accident” one Saturday night, and sat down to watch Bela Lugosi in “The Raven”. The old school horror movies are great, and Svengoolie is a hoot! Now Saturday night is Svengoolie Night at our house, so grab the popcorn and get set to get scared silly!

I was amazed to see Svengoolie back on TV. I used to watch Son of Svengoolie back in the late 70’s. It brings back a lot of memories. Keep up the great job Mr. Koz. I love the old black and white pictures. Nothing is better than a classic horror movie!

I’m really glad that you have put this website on so people can learn more about your show. I am so glad that you kept Svengoolie going and it is very funny. I can recall the time when you had my sister Heidi’s svengoolie sock doll picture on your show. Am so excited to see your show again. We are all fans.

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From the Greater Cincinnati area, Since Me-Tv started showing Svengoolie on Saturday nights at 10:00pm, I look forward every week to what movie will be shown. I remember a lot of them from when I would watch them with my Dad when I was 5 years old (42 years ago). I also like when Svengoolie tells you who the actors are, so many look familiar from other shows you’ve watched and it drives you crazy wondering where do you remember that actor/actress. Anyhow, I just want to let you know how much my husband and I look forward to what we call Svengoolie Night.

Definitely the best show on Saturday night! It takes me back to my youth when there were only 3 channels and you could stay up late on Friday or Saturday night and watch an old horror or sci-fi movie from a sleeping bag on the family room floor of my best friend’s house during a sleepover. I love the corny humor and all the behind the scenes info. I own a lot of these movies on DVD and still watch them on Svengoolie. Thanks Sven and also MeTV for making it available nationwide.

I Just saw “Munster, Go Home.” And it…was….AWESOME!!!! It’s “The Adams Family” meets “Scooby-Doo”! I LOVE IT!!!! Hey, If you have anymore movies like that in the near future…not in another dimension (Twilight Zone music), give me a heads-up (not flying heads) and I’ll tune-in!

I remember Son of Svengoolie back on WFLD-32. I also watched the original Svengoolie (Jerry G. Bishop, RIP) and I enjoyed both shows a lot. Really great to see Rich on MeTV. I look forward to every Saturday to watch him and scare myself silly.

Hey Svengoolie i was wondering if you can answer a ? for me. can and do you play silent horror flicks from the 20s like the cat creeps nosferatu phantom of the opera my god i could go on and on lol. if you can answer me back with a response to my ? i would greatly appreciate it. thanx Svengoolie and keep on rockin!

Love Svengoolie! My son James and I go to my Mom’s house to watch Sven every Saturday night. Just took my son’s friend to see Sven tonight for the first time and he loved it. Always trying to spread the word on how great Sven is!

I’ve watched Svengoolie before on MeTV but watching last night’s show with “Shadow of the Cat” was the highlight of my week! Can’t wait to buy my Svengoolie glow in the dark Tshirt!! Thanks for brightening my life, Svengoolie!

Love the Sven show! I grew up watching SuperHost in Cleveland during the 70’s and even won his Coke Joke! He was on during the day and then Big Chuck & Hoolihan (and Lil’ John) were on at night! I have lots of fun memories of those guys. Now we have Sven and our 9 year-old particularly has been into Sven ever since broadcast went digital here in Columbus, OH (we’re an eAmish family and have never had cable/dish!). He anticipates the show all week long! He typically falls asleep before the movies end but we REALLY enjoy watching together and creating fun memories. We hope to continue making Sven part of our Saturday nights. Cheers!

I was wondering why Sven Goolie is almost never in his new black coffin. Say Sven are you okay, I heard you may of had a health problem (e.g. heart attack), is that why you’re not playing
newer horror movies. I wish you the very best, and hope all is going very well for you and your family. Love your show on ME-TV on channel 4.2 from Saint Louis suburb area viewer.

Greetings Svengoolie,
A ghould frie…uh, fiend helped me finally get ME-TV and I got to watch your show last night featuring “The Brides of Dracula” (1960). It was really fang-tastic!!! Both your show (and this station), gave me the ghouldest feeling. It brings back many spooktacular memories just like I remember watching “The Cool Ghoul” (aka: Dick Van Hoene from Cincinnati, Ohio…R.I.P.), many, many years ago. So, please keep haunting the airwaves and all me beast witches to you!!!
Respookibly beast regards,
Stephan Munster

Recently we cancelled our cable and installed an antenna, allowing us to get local channels. This includes our local ME-TV station, 12.2. Imagine my pleasure upon finding your show!! I live in Boise, Idaho and we have never really had a local late night horror host show. Svengoolie has been a welcome breath of fresh air, and I love the fact Universal horror movies are shown. Watching The Brides of Dracula this past Saturday night was shear heaven!! My Saturday night viewing has finally found it’s home!!!

I “found” this show a few months ago while channel surfing one Saturday night, and I am hooked now. Reminds me of a local character who introduced old scary movies on the weekend many years ago. Love the flying chickens. Wow, who came up with that? ha I love the humor and the great old spooky movies. The same movies that I used to cover my eyes to. Great show!

Just got rid of cable tv and switched to antenna tv. (which has lots of great channels). Imagine my surprise when I saw this character called Svengoolie one Saturday night! It took me back to Elvira, Bowman Body, Ghoulda and other wonderful hosts of true horror films, not the guts and gore junk you see on the screen today. Svengoolie is a rather unique personna. At first I wasn’t sure if I liked him but he DOES grow on you. I’m so glad I quit cable. She makes it all worth it!

Love the show, I always tivo it each and every week. Reminds me of similar things from my childhood which I have such very fond memories of and your show is every bit as good as any of them. Thanks so, so much, Svengoolie…and please keep it up!

And yet another person who doesn’t read all the blogs!No problem- maybe I need to write another “FAQ” blog…First- reruns are due to Universal asking, in our contract, for multiple runs of certain movies. We do add new segments to many “reruns”.Second- yes, we are already taping some new shows for the fall.

Love Svengoolie…been a long time fan from Texas. I wear my svengoolie glo-in-the-dark t-shirt every Saturday…people love it & want to know where I got it. I tell ‘em to go to the website & check it out,so hopefully Sven is gaining a lot of new fans from Texas.

I remember looking forward to watching “Creature Feature” on Saturday afternoons as a kid, in in New Jersey.
Now that I have found “Svengoolie” here in Florida, I am enjoying him and all the unique films he presents. It’s just as much fun as “Creature Feature”, even more so!

I just discovered your program last nite (8/9/2014). MeTV is way up there on our cable channels. My wife and I loved it!! I just turned 60 and your show brings nostalgia for Cincinnati local TV (Cool Ghoul,Bob Shreve, etc.) You do provide a great distraction from today’s world. Please keep up the great Public Service!!

Like many folks, I had been stuck in my viewing rut for a long time but finally took a look around and am elated to have found Svengoolie. Fun facts, wacky humor, great movies…what more can anyone ask for? Thanks for being there, Svengoolie and add one more fan to the masses.

Hello, Sven! Count me in (no pun intended) as a new fan. It has been only a few months since I learned that MeTV is on our local cable system. As someone who enjoys old movies, I decided to try your show. The first time I watched it, I became an instant fan. Not only do I enjoy the movies themselves, but I also love your neat sense of humor and the way that you give facts about each movie and the stars of each film. Now I look forward to watching Svengoolie every Saturday night!

I Love your show. I am 52 years old. Your show brings back fond memories of the my childhood with watching Creature Features and Science Fiction Theater. I am originally from Denver Colorado and now reside in Houston, Texas. Keep up the Good Work!!!

Greetings from Southern Indiana. Just wanted to say I love Svengoolie episodes, especially the Abbott & Costello ones and the vintage classic monsters (Frankenstein, Wolfman, etc.). We watch them here every weekend just the way I watched Creature Feature with my Dad back in the day. Thanks for all that you do and keeping old memories alive. ~ Sam

I grew up in the Los Angeles area in the ’60s with whomever the hosts of the “old” ’40s and’ 50s horror movies were (pre-Elvira). I looked forward to watching the movie every week with my Dad on KHJ Channel 9. It was our thing; just me and my Dad. (My Mom wanted no part of anything horror or sci-fi!) I will forever cherish those times. And in all those years, he only sent me out of the room during one movie: “The Crawling Eye.” I’m 57 years old and I finally saw it this year. It was nothing like what I had pictured in my head! Saturday nights are spent at home with my husband and 18-year-old son now and we watch Svengoolie together on ME TV Channel 56.3. And, Sven, all three of us love your corny jokes! Stay healthy!

Been watching svengoolie almost since we got ME-TV on my cable provider. I saw a lot of these movies when I was a kid (I’m 70 y.o. now) and you know what they are just as hokey now as they were then. But I will continue to watch them, ’cause they’re cool ! I lived in a very small town and going to the movies was about all there was to for entertainment. Keep up the good work Mr. Koz, you’re not near as sexy or good looking as Elvira, but I think you have a better show !!

Hi y’all. Greetings from Charleston, SC. Hey, I was wondering who is the portrait of on the wall at the end of the opening theme. It looks like a caricature of John Belushi in Blues Brothers. Does anyone know? Thanks! (Love ya BIG TIME, Sven!)

I discovered Svengoolie “by accident” one night when I was watching Star Trek with my mom. “The Raven” with Bela Lugosi was playing that night, and I’ve been hooked ever since! Svengoolie is a hoot! Plus I love all the old school horror movies, like “Dr. Cyclops”, but so far “The Raven” is my favorite.

Still a big Svengoolie fan. But I’m very unhappy about the sports program that has ‘commandeered’ the first 1/2 hour of Svengoolie’s shoe every week, for the past month. I’m hoping that will end soon. I’m tired of losing 1/4 of my favorite program each and EVERY week! Love the latest choice of movies, though. Many I had never seen before!!

My 4-year (at the time) started watching Sven in Chicago when I was working radio at WJEZ (now WJMK). WFLD-TV Channel 32 ran his show on Saturday afternoons and we never failed to watch it. Berwyn (inside joke) is a Chicago suburb not far from where we lived (Des Plaines…home of O Hare Airport) where they hold the annual Houby (mushroom) Festival. Sven was much loved..royalty in Berwyn…still is.
He rules our Saturday nights which we plan around his show.

Love your Sat night Sci/Fi/Monster/Horror movies!!! Here in Texas, we used to have similar shows years ago…Slam Bang Theater, and others I can’t remember the titles of…it’s great to see someone doing this again and so glad we get you here! We used to get a Spanish station in the living room and MeTV in the bedroom, but now it’s on both…guess some kinks got worked out in the transmission. Incredible Shrinking Man was awesome….my husband had never seen it!! Hope you have Attack of the 50 Ft Woman and The Amazing Colossal Man sometime..they are classics as well. Also anxious for “Them”. The Wolf Man is an all-time favorite that I never tire of watching!!

I just remembered one of my favorite old scary shows on Sat night…”Nightmare” or “Nightmare Theater” was one and it was on Channel 11, which used to be KTVT here in the Dallas area long ago! Any other Texans out there who remember others?

I haven’t seen you since this afternoon, and it was great; really. But my wife (the photographer), wondered if you’ve ever met Morgus? Sorry, It’s a lingering New Orleans thing. You’re funnier in a lingering Chicago thing kind of way. Frank is awestruck, by the way. Thank you.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is one of the best ever. Between that and Frankenstein meet the Wolfman, Svengoolie has it all covered. Sven is the ultra-best ever at the late night horror hosting gig.

How awesome is it for me to be able watch Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein with my grandson! A movie I remember watching at a drive in with my grandfather. Thanks Sven for helping me create an experience and memory with my grandson that will hopefully be lifelong for him as well.

I really dig you, Sven, and Kerwin (Berwyn), and the kooky cast. Every Saturday night we have our snacks ready to go for your show. You’ve had some scary moments of your own, but have popped right back in there. So warm yourself by our fireplace (but don’t get too close) here in Tacoma, WA and thank you for your many years of frightful t.v. service.

Susan- we ARE on in Phoenix- over the air , KAZT channel 7.2, and also available on Cox, Orbitel, Western,Centurylink-Prism, and Suddenlink providers. Always check at http://www.metvnetwork.com – click on “where to watch”- and enter your zip code to find out if we’re on near you!

I’m so excited to find Svengoolie on one of our networks in Springfield MO. It reminds me of the films I watched as a kid in Oklahoma City, OK with host Count Yorga back in the 60’s & 70’s along with gems I watched along with Elvira and Mystery Science Theatre as well. Keep those childhood memories coming!

Luther made his whole body a weapon! Haha! And then he gets the girl. I remember seeing this movie, as well as many others u show, when I was a kid. Keep up the good work! So long screwy, c ya in St. Louie!

Elvira and Mystery Science Theater…more of my favorites from the past! I don’t think I had ever seen The Mummy’s Ghost before last Saturday! It had an interesting cast. Funny my daughter said…this is not scary! To which I told her that it’s the whole atmosphere that counts…plus the cast info, the great facts you give about the filming, the humor part of the show, just the idea of watching an old scary film…I guess she doesn’t “get it”, but my grandson does! He’s 20.
Thanks for keeping these old films alive for all of us to enjoy!! Keep up the great work! And Happy Holidays!!

Great programming, horror flicks like they should be, narrated with humor and sounds affects. Many of my Canadian friends watch Sven diligently. I don’t know any other programming that offers a potpourri of sound affects, narration, comedy and at the same time a learning component. Old fashion armchair relaxation with a mixture of nostalgia. Now to stoke the fire and enjoy another evening of laughter and surprises.

Sven ,I watch Svengoolie on MTV NJ / NY. Though I too was chosen to”done” the painted face for my gimmick (one warrior nation) I choose to unmask Saturday nites at 10 and simply enjoy what Svengoolie brings. It brings me back to my childhood similar to “chiller” theatre on WOR channel 9 NY. Keep rockin the paint !!!!!!you have a friend here with O.W.N brother!!!!!!! See you ringside!!!!

great horror show… like the good old days…elvira..and zackury…hope to see more and more..svengoolie the best////talks about the movie cast and characters…lots of infor…….metv in..california…luv you….good for metv,,,,,,,,

I just wish I could find out what’s playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I travel so the schedule isn’t always right ….let alone if it’s on ….Hey! Sven….post the shows……I appreciate you and what you do …..So many more have come before you…ie…Hitchcock,Karloff,Serling……and ……Joan Crawford…..but no one puts on a show as you do……say hey to the staff and Berwin

Thank you for continuing to do this show each week. I also thank Me-TV for putting you on. It means a great deal to a person that grew up with the likes of the Cool Ghoul, Dr. Creep and Sammy Terry. You continue that tradition from a great time in history on tv that has been replaced with the agenda promoting crap tv puts out these days. I hope you groom the next “one” so this form of tv continues well on in the future!

I’m 68 years old and I watch you every Saturday. I really like how you inform us of all the actors on your current horror movies. I love you corny jokes, sometimes laughing out loud. Plus I love the introduction with the skeletons in the basement. Keep up the good work.

Sven: I enjoy the ironic and campy yet slyly satirical way you do this. It is so much better than vapid commercialism. Here in central penna., however, we only get this on metv but only after one hour of local “cat caught in tree in York county” news so we run one hour behind and miss list in space. Is there any way to correct this or are we at the mercy of catty news stations?

Ah, It’s good to see quality, kitch on TV again. We watch you on KAEFTV in Eureka CA. Can’t say I’ve seen any quality horror shows until now, well, not since I watched Creature Features and Elvira in the Frisco Bay area where I spent my youth. Please continue your good works.
The Filus (a fan)